Hose-nozzle.



No. 871,003. PATENT-ED NOV. 12, 1907.

W. A. TBALL.

HOSE NOZZLE. APPLIouIoN mum MAY a1. 1506.

MM Memes UNlTE STATES WILLIAM ALLEN TEALL, OF EA U CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

' HOSE-NOZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Yatented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed May 81. 19%. Serial No. 319.561-

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1. WILLIAM A. TEALL. a citizen of the United States;residing at Eau Claire, in the county Cir of Eau Claire and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Hosel\'ozzle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hose nozzles that are employed in connectionwith length of hose for the purpose of sprinkling lawns and the streetin front of the I suing from the nozzle may be broken up into a finespray or mist.

With thtse and other objects in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accoiripanying drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hosenozzle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal sectional view thereof with the removable spray capattached thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the removablespray cap.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a nozzle tubeconstructed of suitable metal and in the usual manner and provided atone end with the interiorl'y threaded attaching collar 2, which providesmeans for readily attaching and detaching the nozzle to and from anordinary hose in the usual manner, and at its opposite end the saidnozzle tube is branched to form two or more separate inwardly curvedbranch jet arms 3. The branch jet arms3.are formed integral with thenozzle 2, and are curved or bowed inwardly toward each other toconvergently dispose the outer discharging ends thereof, whereby thestreams of water that issue from the said jet arms will meet or cross ata point slightly beyond the same, and under the force of the head ofwater will break up into a line sprinkle that will be thrown quite adistance beyond the nozzle in order that lawns or other places may bequickly and readily sprinkled. At their outer discharging ends both ofsaid jet arms 3, are provided with the annular ropnded knobs 4, and oneof said jet arms is further provided at a point intermediate of its endswith a tapered valve bearing 5, to accommodate therein the turning plug6, of an ordinary thumb valve 7, whereby means shall be provided forcutting off the flow of water from that particular jet arm when it isdesired to throw a solid stream from the other valveless jet arm. Byreason of the curvature of the said jet arm it will be readilyunderstood that when the hose, together with the nozzle, are laid fiaton the ground and the flow of water cut oil from the valved jet arm, andthe other jot arm having its tip end disposed upward, a solid unbrokenstream will be thrown upward at an angle of aboutiorty-five degrees,thereby dispensing with the necessity oi'having a support for holding upthe nozzle when a single stream is left running.

When it is desired to break up the sprinkle caused by the meeting of thetwo streams from the jet arms, into a fine spray or mist, the removableflared spray cap 8, is employed. The spray cap 8, is of asubstantiallyconical shape flaring outwardly, and is provided at one endwith the flared attaching ntck t), having.

therein a screw groove, 10. that is adapted to engage over the annularrounded knobs 4, at th outer oxtremities of the jet arms 3, said flaredattaching neck 9, projecting a distance beyond the connection of thegroove thereof with said rounded knobs, in order to snugly embrace aportion of the outer curved ends of the jet arms 3, and firmly securethe cap in position on said arms. The outwardly flared or coiiical spraycap 8, is provided at its outer circular edge with the inturnedretaining flange or bead 10, that is adapted to engage over the edges ofthe wire gauze disk 11, which provides means for breaking up thesprinkle caused by the meeting jets of both jet arms into a fine sprayor mist that is spread over a large area, and when only one of the jetarms is allowed to run with the spra 1 cap attached in'position; thestream ot water from that jet arm will be broken up into assprinkle thatwill be discharged to a greater distance than when the two streams arerunning with the spray cap on the nozzle. At this point it is to benoted that the effectiveness of the spray cap is due to the use of thewire gauze disk which produces an entirely different result from theordinary rose jets that consist of a perforated plate or disk of sheetmetal. These perforated plates or disks of sheet metal simply retard theflow of water causing it to break up into thin streams or to fall indrops, whereas by the employment of a wire screen or gauze, there willbe no material resistance to the flow of water frgm the nozzle, eventhough the stream oi water is discharged under considerable pressure,and

as the water under force passes through the wire screen or gauze it isbroken up into a fine spray without causing any drip that is usual inthe ordinary rose jet, and

therefore the herein-described spray cap can be readily attached anddetached without wetting up the hands and feet of the operator.

Changes. in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the-principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is 2-- l. A nozzle, comprising a tube havingspaced ,ict arms projecting therefrom, and a spray cap detachablyengaged with and supported by both arms and furthermore having a commonchamber that receives the discharge from both arms. said chamber havinga foraminous discharge wall.

2. In a hose nozzle, the combination With convergently disposed branchjet arms having the discharged ends spaced apart and provided withenlargements, of a spray cap supported by and detachably mounted on thearms, said cap having a neck that surrounds and is engaged with thedischarge ends of both arms. said neck having an interior seat thatreceives the outer sides of the enlargements and said cap having aforaminous wall.

3. Anozzle comprising a tube having spaced integral branch arms, aturning plug located in one of the arms for cutting 0d the iiow ofliquid therethrough, a flared spray cap having aneck that lsdetachahiyengaged on and supported by the outer ends of the branch arms, and ascreen extending across the outer flared end of the cap.

in testimony, that I claim the foregoing: as my own, i have heretoailixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

I 'ILLIAM ALLEN 'JEALL.

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